If you notice fire blight among your pear trees, you can take several steps to prevent it from spreading or claiming the life of your tree: 1  Avoid using nitrogen-heavy fertilizers, which encourage rapid shoot growth on trees.  Prune out signs of disease during the summer and during the treeÃ­s dormant season.
Ruby Bridges: Ruby Bridges, American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was at age six the youngest of a group of African American students to integrate
Learn about Ruby's inspiring bravery and her historic role in the civil rights movement. Ruby Bridges and the Civil Rights Movement In November 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school. See what segregation and inequality looked like and learn about Ruby's story. View the slide shows: